Isabella Baumfree was born in 1797 in New York. When slavery was outlawed in New York in 1828 Baumfree made her living as a housekeeper. Then, in 1843, Isabella became highly religious. She changed her name to Sojourner Truth. Sojourner means a person who travels, so Truth traveled the country preaching her truth, abolition. She was inspired by Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionists, so she went out and inspired people too. She worked for the right of slaves, the rights of women, and the right of anybody being abused. At 6 feet tall with a powerful singing voice and well planned speeches she commanded the audiences. She couldn’t read or write, but she had her autobiography transcribed, Narrative of Sojourner Truth. After the Civil War she helped newly freed slaves. She went to DC to fight the segregation of public transportation. She once stopped traffic in order to make a driver let her on an all white car. She let a movement to give former slaves Kansas land. She was a women’s suffragette. She met with the president. Isabella Baumfree, Sojourner Truth left behind a legacy of equality.